Insurers Ignore FinTech Revolution at Their Long-Term Peril: PwC June 17, 2016 By L.S. Howard While 90 percent of insurers fear they will lose business to a FinTech start-up, only 43 percent say they have...
Persistent Soft Market Begins to Hit Reinsurer Stock Prices: A.M. Best June 15, 2016 By L.S. Howard While global reinsurers are continuing to withstand challenging market conditions, their stock prices, on average, are starting to take a...
Ongoing Soft Market Tops Reinsurers’ Concerns: Xuber Survey June 14, 2016 By L.S. Howard Soft market conditions continue to be the biggest concern for the industry, followed by regulation, competition from third party capital,...
CFOs Must View Their Companies ‘Holistically’: Hamilton’s CFO Reiss June 13, 2016 By L.S. Howard A successful chief financial officer needs to be collegial, cooperative, highly visible and a strategic thinker who has the ability...
Bigger Is Better for Lloyd’s Syndicates with Active Cycle Mgmt: S&P June 10, 2016 By L.S. Howard Benign catastrophe losses, combined with lower and less frequent casualty lines claims, helped Lloyd’s syndicates deliver another strong set of...
U.S. Treasury Unit Reviews Fosun’s Acquisition of Ironshore June 8, 2016 By L.S. Howard U.S. authorities are conducting a review of China’s Fosun Group’s acquisition in November 2015 of Bermuda-based insurer Ironshore. The Committee...
How to Avoid D&O Policy Pitfalls – and Declined Claims: Marsh Report June 8, 2016 By L.S. Howard When a directors and officers (D&O) claim is declined, it can be catastrophic for an insured, forcing the company to...
Solvency II Will Increase Reinsurance Buying Demand: Fitch June 6, 2016 By L.S. Howard Solvency II will increase insurers’ demand for reinsurance products as they seek to strengthen their capital positions via risk transfer,...
People Are Key to a CFO’s Success: QBE’s Group CFO Regan June 6, 2016 By L.S. Howard When discussing his career as a chief financial officer, Patrick Regan, group chief financial officer for QBE, emphasizes the importance...
Small Group of Bermudian Re/Insurers Drive Overall Q1 Premium Growth: S&P May 24, 2016 By L.S. Howard At first glance, Bermudian re/insurance companies appeared to start the year with a bang, reporting a 21 percent increase in...